Schiedea.]} CARYOPHYLLACEAE. 33 
scarious fibrillose margins. Staminodia lanceolate entire. Stamens not 
erted. Capsule 3-valved, nearly equalling the calyx, few-seeded. Seeds 
smooth. (Deser. according to Mann). 
Niihau (or Kauai). Only collected by Remy (548). 
7. S. Hawaiiensis, sp. n. — Stem weak, decumbent, rather herbaceous, 
about 1 ft. long. Leaves oblong and mucronate or ovate, 1—1!/2’  6—8", 
membrano-chartaceous, 1-nerved. Panicle open and short, 2—4‘ long, 
with 3—5 Pane gr the rays elongate, branching from the middle, few- 
flowered. ‘acts short, linear. Sepals 2“ long, shorter than their pedi- 
cels, ihestks catia long-acuminate, scarcely puberulous. Staminodes 
Capsule 3—4-valved, shorter than the calyx. Seeds tuberculate 
Hawaii! Waimea (Lydg.). 
salicaria, sp. n. — Erect, suffruticose, 1—2 ft. sii t gpieiae? 
fea esenrs foliose, with internodes of 1—1/2’. narrow 
isooieie 2—3' x 2—4", very acute at both ends, Logs a es 
point, chartaceous, pale, with a transparent costa. Panicle short, but open 
and continuous, 3—4‘ long, with 4—5 nodes, the lowest rays about 2’ 
ee dividing Panis the middle, the pedicels 4—6", the acute and scarious 
bracts 2—1“, Sepals 2”, lanceolate-acute and sicigone: Staminodia nearly 
as . linear, entire. Stamens shortly exserted. Capsule 3—5-valved, 
about as long as the sepals. Seeds transversely rugose. 
! Gulches back of oe and pein (a form with narrow linear leaves 
of thicker texture, with revolute eg: o lowest veins running parallel with 
e midrib and rather prominent), Ma alae 
. 8. ligustrina, Cham. & Schl. in Linnaea, I, 46. — sa cdauariig is erect, 
pena branching, 1—2 ft. high, with internodes of 8/4—1/2/, 
narrow lanceolate, 1!/2-—2‘ X 2—3”, acuminate at both ends, ae 
thickish or revolute margins, subsessile, or the short petioles margined, 
membranous, glabrous, costate with indistinct pinnate veins. Panicle 
contracted and rather interrupted, 2—4’ long, with 4—5 nodes, the 
lowest rays 1—2', ascending, glabrous, dividing from the base. Pedicels 
11/2, Sepals occasionally 4 or 6, ovate, obtuse, obsoletely 3-nerved, 1'/2—2” 
long. Staminodia half as long, lanceolate, with 2 subulate points. Stamens 
exserted. hig Se 3 or 4. Capsule exceeding the one Beeds muricate. 
— Fenzl, 
273. — fs jacacet, ” Hook on in Bot. a 188, — aa Le 
33. — M w. Islds. p. 17. 
Oahu! Kaala range and Waianae, on dry fore-hills. 
S. spergulina, Gray, I. c. p. 135, pl. 1 
pears at the base, much branched and very hae 
Hillebrand, Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. 
— Erect, 1—2 ft. high, 
with internodes 
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